If you don’t de-clutter before you move, you will surely resent taking far too much of your property’s contents to your new home. De-cluttering is not only good for your new home, but for you as well. It’ll cost you less to move fewer belongings and you’ll feel a sense of relief at getting through something that has likely been on your to-do list for quite a while.

Don’t throw things away haphazardly, of course, as some of the items you’ve been storing could be valuable and exactly what other people are looking for. If you can sell enough of what you call your junk, you might have enough money to pay your removalists in North Shore Sydney or have extra money to cover other parts of your moving expenses.

Helping other people

You can certainly help other people by helping yourself first. As you wade through all of your contents you will find lots of items that you will not need to take your new property. Instead of just placing these in the junk or storage pile, consider the environmental aspects of recycling.

Consider making contact with local charities. Many will be prepared to visit you and take away items which could be useful to others, even if they have no financial value for yourself. During this recession there are people out there who will be pleased to receive clothing may not be good enough for you now, but might live another few years with somebody else. You might have sets of cutlery and crockery that won’t match the colours of your new dining room, but that will be new and perfect for some other family.

Children always like children’s books and don’t really mind what condition the books are in. If your children have grown out of younger children’s books, then now is perhaps the time to find those books a new home, before you call in your removalists in inner West Sydney to pack away your items to move to your new property.

Kitchen utensils and garden accessories

You should carefully investigate the number of kitchen utensils you have purchased over the years, with many never having moved from the drawer since the day it was placed there. It’s often the same with pots, pans and casserole dishes. Work out what you use and donate the rest, your life and your move will be simpler for it.

Your garden shed will also be home to a number of out of date seed packs, chemicals and dead bulbs which can be redirected to the appropriate authority.

Divide and conquer

Beyond figuring out what needs to go with them for a move, many people divide their items into several piles including, “to sell”, “to give away”, and “to store”. If you can keep the “to store” pile as small as possible, you’ll get settled into your new home sooner.